When a country enters a period of rapid development, it will find that there are too many places to spend money.

Even now that the Heroes Chamber of Commerce has grown to such a large scale, making a fortune every day is not enough to describe it, but with a little planning, the money will disappear.

Ruth takes one step at a time and eats her meal one bite at a time.

Given the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, we can only gradually accumulate strength.

Fortunately, for now, Zhu Ying has achieved great success in reforming the political power.

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless to find that since he appointed his eldest grandson to establish the country, he seemed to have become more leisurely.

Not only did I not feel tired, it felt like I had more free time every day than others.

We went to the morning court together.

It was almost over in about two incense sticks of time.

After determining the direction of development, the ministers did not need to come to the Huagai Palace to discuss this and that unless there was anything important. They were in full control of everything themselves.

Da Sun's job is to observe the progress and results, listen to reports, and get a general idea.

When I was taking a walk, my eldest grandson followed me.

When I was playing with my great-grandson, my eldest grandson was also following him.

When I went to Xuanwu Lake to fish, my eldest grandson actually followed me.

"My eldest grandson, do you look like a regent?"

During dinner, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but speak.

Zhu Ying was putting a large piece of braised pork in his mouth. He swallowed it in a few mouthfuls after hearing this, and then replied: "Grandpa, I have been supervising the country all the time."

"I haven't had anything to do recently, so I'll spend more time with you."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and didn't know what to say.

I could only nod helplessly and said, "Okay, whatever you want. Anyway, I feel good now, so I don't need to worry too much about these troublesome things."

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment and said, "However, there are some things that I think you should deal with on your own. I have some free time now, so it's none of your business."

"The people below didn't tell you, but we got the news. Businessmen always pursue profits in their bones. Even if they get a lot, they still want more, just like ungrateful wolves who can never be satisfied."

"We always told you to interact more with the civil officials. Grandson, you always think it's unnecessary and just do your job well. But since we are doing the emperor's business, we can't rely too much on our own preferences."

"Even if civil officials have some bad habits, sometimes their minds are pure. Even if some things are thankless, they will still work hard."

"It's for the ideal and ambition."

"Businessmen are completely different. They only care about profit."

Hearing this, Zhu Ying frowned.

He put down his chopsticks, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, and after a while, he asked, "Grandpa, is there a problem with my chamber of commerce?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds."

“When you were in the Western Regions before, although the people under you were different, their goals were essentially the same, but now your identities are different, so your goals are naturally different.”

"Maybe there are some people who are trying to take advantage of the situation, or maybe some people have changed their minds."

Zhu Ying nodded gently and said, "Grandson understands."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "I understand. Come, eat some food."

…

The Group of Heroes Chamber of Commerce.

This country once occupied a place in the Western Regions and existed like a country.

Since Zhu Ying became the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, its influence has continued to expand.

With the capital as the center, with Zhu Ying's permission, it quickly began to radiate to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Today's Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, also known as Taisun Chamber of Commerce, is present in all walks of life.

From small items like food, oil and salt to large items like military equipment, warships and firearms.

There are also factories that are constantly being built, and almost all of them are led by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce that Zhu Ying was able to mobilize the economy so easily and everything went smoothly.

But as Zhu Yuanzhang said, if the forest is big, there will be all kinds of birds.

In some invisible corners, there will always be some people who break the rules.

It's human nature.

No matter what time or era, how many people can withstand the test?

"Uncle Zhang, I called you here today because I want to know if everything is going well with the Chamber of Commerce right now."

The main hall of Kunning Palace.

Ye Yueqing sat next to him, and Zhu Ying was at the top.

Mr. Zhang is sitting on the left seat.

After the morning court session the next day, Zhu Ying immediately arranged for Zhang Bo to come to the palace.

Zhang Bo was surprised to hear this and replied, "Your Highness, everything is fine. Although this year has just started, the profits from the sea trade are already very considerable."

"It is expected to be even more prosperous than last year."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying looked at Zhang Bo seriously, and after a while he said, "It seems that you don't know either."

When Zhang Bo heard this, he was completely confused.

Zhu Ying was also not vague. He took out a document from his arms and motioned Guo Zhong who was standing next to him to deliver it to him.

After Zhang Bo took it, he opened it and looked at it.

It was not a big deal to just take a look at it, but the more I looked at it, the more frightened I became, and even my hands began to tremble.

"How dare they, how dare they."

"These beasts worked so hard when they had no food to eat. Now that they have enough food and drink, they actually start to do these things."

"It's only been two years, two years!"

“It has actually come to this point!”

Zhang Bo's tone was filled with grief and indignation.

Zhu Ying's expression was calm. He turned his head and looked at Ye Yueqing, only to see Ye Yueqing nod slightly.

This cannot be blamed on Zhu Ying. It was mainly because the case file was taken from the old man and the contents inside were somewhat unimaginable, so Zhu Ying couldn't trust anyone now.

The changes in the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce were also a huge blow to Zhu Ying.

The case files show that a large number of people from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce colluded with local government officials to make a lot of illegal profits.

Robbery and plunder are commonplace.

A large number of fields, houses, and land deeds that originally belonged to the people were purchased at extremely low prices, and then transferred to the Chamber of Commerce at normal prices.

The amount of money here is extremely huge.

Just a rough estimate shows that there are already eight or nine million treasure notes.

Moreover, this was only what some of the Jinyiwei had discovered.

There were only so many Jinyiwei people, and even if they were from all over the country, there wouldn't be many of them. But even so, they were able to uncover a large number of cases.

The most important thing is that none of these cases were included in the archives.

This means that none of the persecuted people, even the landlords and gentry, chose to report the case.

Is this possible.

Of course that's impossible.

The fact is, the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, local government, and even the Public Security Bureau colluded with each other and directly suppressed the matter.

Even if you petition, there is no way out.

The Qunying Chamber of Commerce has been transporting large quantities of goods through post stations in various places for a long time, so it has a very close relationship with the post stations.

Whenever there is anything related to the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, these post stations will directly detain the person and then notify the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Due to the special nature of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, Zhu Ying allowed it to have guards.

And these guards took the people back directly.

Needless to say, the result is obvious.

Other incidents include murder, forcing women into prostitution, etc., which are also recorded by various parties.

"I didn't expect that I was the one who cultivated a vicious tiger."

Zhu Ying said with some emotion.

Then he said to Uncle Zhang: "Have you heard about this, Uncle Zhang?"

"Or maybe Uncle Zhang has also used his power to interfere with government offices in some areas."

When Zhang Bo heard this, sweat appeared on his forehead.

He quickly stood up from his seat, then knelt down in front of Zhu Ying and said, "Old slave, I did do something."

"Some children made mistakes, and I couldn't bear to punish them according to the family rules, so I went to the government office and said a few good words."

"Others respect the old slave for always following His Highness, so they cancelled the case to help."

Zhu Ying asked calmly, "How many times?"

Zhang Bo immediately replied, "Your Highness, eight times."

Zhu Ying asked, "You replied so quickly, are you sure it was only eight times?"

Zhang Bo replied with some fear and sigh: "I remember every time clearly, eight times."

Hearing this.

Zhu Ying was about to say something, but swallowed it back.

Humans are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless?

It is said that Zhu Ying had done quite a few of these things that broke the rules.

At this time, Zhu Yingcai thought of a question.

Among those who used to work hard with me, which one is a good person? Which one of them doesn’t have many lives on his hands?

To some extent, I have now been cleared of all charges.

He suddenly became the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, some things from the past cannot be involved.

Maybe it’s because of trust, so subconsciously, we always ignore some problems.

In fact, the tip of the spear had already been exposed earlier, but after an investigation by Zhu Ying, it was not taken seriously and he only ordered an internal investigation.

I didn't expect the mess to be this big now.

According to Zhu Ying's current conservative estimate, the amount of money that has flowed out of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce has probably reached tens of millions of treasure notes.

Tens of millions.

What is the concept.

Even in the past, when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power and the Ming Dynasty's treasury was in short supply, he only used 10 to 20 million treasure notes a year to make up for some of the shortfall.

And here I am.

In just two years, tens of millions of treasure banknotes were lost.

Money is one thing, but there is also the people who have been persecuted, even the landlords, gentry, and literati.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying turned and looked at Ye Yueqing.

After a slight hesitation, Ye Yueqing gently shook her head.

Zhu Ying understood the meaning of this very well.

He was pleading for Zhang Bo.

Zhu Ying sighed in his heart.

People are like this, when it doesn't involve the people around them, they just stay out of it.

It’s a different story when it really involves people around you.

Although Zhang Bo was not one of the first to follow Zhu Ying, he was the one who stayed with him the longest.

They were illiterate and didn't even understand Chinese, but were brought up step by step by Zhu Ying.

At the beginning, Zhang Bo's side had not just 20 or 30 people, but more than a hundred people.

Doing business in a place like the border is no different from hanging your head on your waistband.

Especially when it comes to smuggling.

Fighting is a normal phenomenon.

The death of a few people is even more commonplace.

Zhu Ying's personal combat power is very high, otherwise there wouldn't be such a large Heroes Chamber of Commerce.

But he is not immortal.

It hurts if someone cuts you, and you feel hungry if you don’t eat.

Even if there were dozens of people cooperating in the siege, he would still die.

It's nothing more than greater strength, greater endurance, and better recovery ability.

That's why Zhu Ying trusted Zhang Bo so much.

Because in too many crises, it was Zhang Bo's people who paid with their lives to find a way out.

And a lot of money was also protected by Zhang Bo's clansmen at the cost of their lives.

Judging from the current situation.

Zhang Bo has already violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

And it was the law set by Zhu Ying.

The eight times that Uncle Zhang mentioned were indeed only eight times.

The Imperial Guards in the capital are not there to do nothing. They have been stationed in the capital for so many years and have already reached a very advanced level.

This is also the trump card in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang currently lets his eldest grandson jointly manage the Jinyiwei, Zhu Ying did not ask it to cooperate with the intelligence department of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce when it comes to some deeper issues within the Jinyiwei.

For example, the previous deaf-mute Jinyiwei had their treatment improved a little, but they were still under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei.

This is another preparation made by Zhu Ying.

This is to prevent similar incidents like today.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also trying to avoid suspicion.

After all, His Majesty has given a lot of power to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Don't do these things in the future. You will only spoil them if you do this."

"If they make a mistake, we need to find a way to help them correct it, rather than helping them to make amends."

Zhu Ying's words were equivalent to defining Zhang Bo's violation.

To put it simply, there will be no pursuit.

Zhang Bo also understood and kowtowed, "Thank you for your grace, Your Highness. I am ashamed."

Zhu Ying said, "Get up and sit down. It's still a bit chilly in April. Don't get yourself hurt."

Zhang Bo stood up upon hearing this, but did not sit down. Instead, he stood respectfully.

Zhu Ying said nothing more about this.

He then said, "There are big problems under the Chamber of Commerce at the moment. There are too many greedy people, and the amount of money they have swallowed is also extremely huge, probably more than we imagined."

"As for intelligence, I have already asked Yue Qing, and there is nothing like this."

"This is enough to show that there is also a problem with the Intelligence Department of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce."

"I understand that relatives should protect each other. However, I understand that, but we still have to deal with it. If we really let it go, it will be a big mess in the future."

"But it's too difficult to investigate thoroughly."

"I thought about it carefully and found that the problem here is mainly due to the special nature of the Chamber of Commerce."

"With my name tag and no specific rank, many officials are inevitably afraid of me. Some greedy officials even collaborate with me and regard it as protection."

"So I decided to have the Qunying Chamber of Commerce no longer be called a chamber of commerce, but to be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty court."